After I read this story I realized I have never seen a black female pilot at my airline….a few black Captains and First Officers….lots of Flight Attendants….but no pilots. Pretty neat that it happened totally by chance. http://www.11alive.com/life/story.aspx?storyid=127470&catid=37 Posted [...] Continue Reading…

My wife is flying up to Washington state tonight to testify. She is a Level III DNA Forensic Analyst and travels about once a month to testify in court about the DNA results. Tonight is her first time on a [...] Continue Reading…

The biggest obstacle between a normal person and a cockpit isn’t normally a door….it’s money. Flight training is expensive. The training is so expensive that many would be pilots will never get a chance to experience the joy that [...] Continue Reading…

Regional airline pilots make very little money the first year. There is a nifty calculator on Airlinepilotcentral.com (click here and scroll down)….but it’s only a guess. I have no issues posting my pay as 1)it’s public knowledge and 2)for those thinking [...] Continue Reading…

Learning to fly can be complicated. I first started looking at flight training when I was still in high school. The process was extremely confusing. So many terms and acronyms were tossed around. The prices varied widely. I gave [...] Continue Reading…

General aviation planes have come a long way in technology. There are Cessna 172′s flying around that have more high tech equipment than many airliners. The G1000 is an amazing setup for a cockpit. For those unfamiliar it’s a [...] Continue Reading…